President George W. Bush today announced that he has named Jim Towey to be Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives. Since 2002, he has served as Deputy
Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives.

"Jim Towey is helping to empower the armies of compassion in
America to solve some of our Nation's most pressing problems. He is a
tireless servant for those in need, and I look forward to his continued
counsel in a second term," stated President Bush.

Mr. Towey was a senior advisor to U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield and
Florida Governor Lawton Chiles. In 1993, Governor Chiles appointed him
Director of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative
Services. In 1985, Mr. Towey met Mother Teresa while visiting her home
for the dying in Calcutta, India. He went on to serve as legal counsel
to her for 12 years and in 1990 lived as a full-time volunteer in her
home for people with AIDS in Washington, D.C. Mr. Towey received his
bachelor's degree and J.D. from Florida State University. He and his
wife Mary have five children.